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| Keywords: Operation Red Hat, Men and a Mission (1971) image files.gif en National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 3033306 / Local Identifier 175 79 - Operation Red Hat Men and a Mission - Department of Defense Department of the Army U S Army Materiel Command U S Army Munitions Command Edgewood Arsenal 08/01/1962 - 1971 This film shows the movement of Okinawa - based American munitions to Johnston Island in 1971 Footage reveals that in 1962 Edgewood Arsenal was involved in a classified operation to ship munitions to Okinawa under the code name Red Hat In 1969 it was discovered that toxic munitions were in Okinawa and President Richard Nixon promised Japan's Prime Minister that he would remove the toxic munitions On February 13 1971 the first convoy of chemical weapons was sent to Johnston Island located 750 miles southwest of Hawaii Each vehicle leaving the munitions holding center was inspected to ensure that the civilian population in Japan had not been contaminated Japanese officials inspected the empty igloos after the munitions were removed On September 10 1971 the transportation of munitions and the operation were complete DVD copied by IASL Master Scanner Timothy Vollmer This movie is part of the collection FedFlix Producer National Archives and Records Administration Language English Keywords archives gov; public resource org Creative Commons license CC0 1 0 Universal 2012-12-08 10 23 36 National Archives and Records Administration National Archives and Records Administration Creative Commons license CC0 1 0 Universal PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard Operation Red Hat Animated GIF | ||||
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